Victory: An Island Tale, Volume 2Louis Conard, 1916 |
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Page 91
... Chink , " assented Ricardo rather absentmindedly . He was debating in his mind the advisability of making a clean breast of his knowledge of the girl's existence . Finally he concluded he wouldn't . The enterprise was difficult enough ...
... Chink , " assented Ricardo rather absentmindedly . He was debating in his mind the advisability of making a clean breast of his knowledge of the girl's existence . Finally he concluded he wouldn't . The enterprise was difficult enough ...
Page 94
... Chink , sir . " " You were ? Waste of time , my Martin . Chinaman is unfathomable . " A Ricardo admitted that this might be so . Anyhow , a Chink was neither here nor there , as a general thing , unfathomable as he might be ; but a ...
... Chink , sir . " " You were ? Waste of time , my Martin . Chinaman is unfathomable . " A Ricardo admitted that this might be so . Anyhow , a Chink was neither here nor there , as a general thing , unfathomable as he might be ; but a ...
Page 97
... Chink ! " Ricardo had been on the point of confessing about the girl ; but no ! He wanted his governor to be unperturbed and steady . Vague thoughts , which he hardly dared to look in the face , were stirring in his brain in connection ...
... Chink ! " Ricardo had been on the point of confessing about the girl ; but no ! He wanted his governor to be unperturbed and steady . Vague thoughts , which he hardly dared to look in the face , were stirring in his brain in connection ...
Page 98
An Island Tale Joseph Conrad. The Chink , however , could be considered openly . " What I was thinking about it , sir , " he went on earnestly , " is this ... Chink . No , sir ; safe./ unless a safe a proper office safe . was 98 VICTORY .
An Island Tale Joseph Conrad. The Chink , however , could be considered openly . " What I was thinking about it , sir , " he went on earnestly , " is this ... Chink . No , sir ; safe./ unless a safe a proper office safe . was 98 VICTORY .
Page 101
... Chink , he's nothing . He can be made quiet any time . ” One of Ricardo's hands , reposing palm upward on his folded legs , made a swift thrusting gesture , repeated by the enormous darting shadow of an arm very low on the wall . It ...
... Chink , he's nothing . He can be made quiet any time . ” One of Ricardo's hands , reposing palm upward on his folded legs , made a swift thrusting gesture , repeated by the enormous darting shadow of an arm very low on the wall . It ...
Common terms and phrases
arms asked believe boat breast breath bungalow cardo chair cheroot Chinaman Chink clairvoyance cried crowbar curtain dark Davidson dead door doorway doubt dream eyes face faint feeling feet fellow felt forest frightened gentleman girl glance gleam gone governor gunwale hand HARVARD COLLEGE head hear heard henchman Heyst looked ISLAND TALE jetty Jones knees knew laugh leaned Lena light lips Malay Martin matter mean mind Morrison moustaches moved movement murmured never night Number once paused Pedro perhaps quiet raised revolver Ricardo round Samburan sandalwood sarong Schomberg secretary seemed shadow shoulders side sight silence smile sort sound speak staring startled steps stir strange suddenly surprised swag talk tell There's thing thought throat told tone tremely turned understand veranda Victory voice volcano volver wait Wang Wang's watched wharf What's whispered woman wonder words